This is ggplot2's segment with rounded ends. It's mainly included in ggmap for historical reasons.
Usage
geom_leg(
  mapping = NULL,
  data = NULL,
  stat = "identity",
  position = "identity",
  arrow = NULL,
  lineend = "round",
  na.rm = FALSE,
  show.legend = NA,
  inherit.aes = TRUE,
  ...
)Arguments
- mapping
 Set of aesthetic mappings created by
aes(). If specified andinherit.aes = TRUE(the default), it is combined with the default mapping at the top level of the plot. You must supplymappingif there is no plot mapping.- data
 The data to be displayed in this layer. There are three options:
If
NULL, the default, the data is inherited from the plot data as specified in the call toggplot().A
data.frame, or other object, will override the plot data. All objects will be fortified to produce a data frame. Seefortify()for which variables will be created.A
functionwill be called with a single argument, the plot data. The return value must be adata.frame, and will be used as the layer data. Afunctioncan be created from aformula(e.g.~ head(.x, 10)).- stat
 The statistical transformation to use on the data for this layer, either as a
ggprotoGeomsubclass or as a string naming the stat stripped of thestat_prefix (e.g."count"rather than"stat_count")- position
 Position adjustment, either as a string naming the adjustment (e.g.
"jitter"to useposition_jitter), or the result of a call to a position adjustment function. Use the latter if you need to change the settings of the adjustment.- arrow
 specification for arrow heads, as created by
grid::arrow().- lineend
 Line end style (round, butt, square).
- na.rm
 If
FALSE, the default, missing values are removed with a warning. IfTRUE, missing values are silently removed.- show.legend
 logical. Should this layer be included in the legends?
NA, the default, includes if any aesthetics are mapped.FALSEnever includes, andTRUEalways includes. It can also be a named logical vector to finely select the aesthetics to display.- inherit.aes
 If
FALSE, overrides the default aesthetics, rather than combining with them. This is most useful for helper functions that define both data and aesthetics and shouldn't inherit behaviour from the default plot specification, e.g.borders().- ...
 Other arguments passed on to
layer(). These are often aesthetics, used to set an aesthetic to a fixed value, likecolour = "red"orsize = 3. They may also be parameters to the paired geom/stat.
See also
geom_segment(), route(), inspired by
http://spatialanalysis.co.uk/2012/02/great-maps-ggplot2/, no longer active
Examples
if (FALSE)  # removed for R CMD check speed
map <- get_map(
  location = c(-77.0425, 38.8925), # painfully picked by hand
  source = "google", zoom = 14, maptype = "satellite"
)
ggmap(map)
#> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos): object 'map' not found
(legs_df <- route(
  "the white house, dc",
  "lincoln memorial washington dc",
  alternatives = TRUE
))
#> Error in route("the white house, dc", "lincoln memorial washington dc",     alternatives = TRUE): Google now requires an API key; see `ggmap::register_google()`.
ggplot(data = legs_df) +
  geom_leg(aes(
    x = start_lon, xend = end_lon,
    y = start_lat, yend = end_lat
  )) +
  coord_map()
#> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos): object 'legs_df' not found
ggplot(data = legs_df) +
  geom_leg(aes(
    x = start_lon, xend = end_lon,
    y = start_lat, yend = end_lat,
    color = route
  )) +
  coord_map()
#> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos): object 'legs_df' not found
ggmap(map) +
  geom_leg(
    aes(
      x = start_lon, xend = end_lon,
      y = start_lat, yend = end_lat
    ),
    data = legs_df, color = "red"
  )
#> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos): object 'map' not found
# adding a color aesthetic errors because of a base-layer problem
# ggmap(map) +
#   geom_leg(
#     aes(
#       x = start_lon, xend = end_lon,
#       y = start_lat, yend = end_lat,
#       color = route
#   )
# )
# this is probably the easiest hack to fix it
ggplot(data = legs_df) +
  inset_ggmap(map) +
  geom_leg(
    aes(
      x = start_lon, xend = end_lon,
      y = start_lat, yend = end_lat,
      color = route
    ),
    data = legs_df
  ) +
  coord_map()
#> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos): object 'legs_df' not found